Quran 28:46 — Al-Qasas, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
nor were you present on the side of Mount Sinai when We called out to Moses. But you too have been sent as an act of grace from your Lord, to give warning to a people to whom no warner has come before, so that they may take heed,
وَمَا كُنْتَ بِجَانِبِ الطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلَـٰكِنْ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أَتَاهُمْ مِنْ نَذِيرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
wamā kunta bijānibi l-ṭūri idh nādaynā walākin raḥmatan min rabbika litundhira qawman mā atāhum min nadhīrin min qablika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thou wast not upon the side of the Mount when We called; but for a mercy from thy Lord, that thou mayest warn a people to whom no warner came before thee, and that haply they may remember.
- Muhammad Asad
- And neither wert thou present on the slope of Mount Sinai when We called out [to Moses]: but [thou, too, art sent] as an act of thy Sustainer’s grace, to warn people to whom no warner has come before thee, so that they might bethink themselves [of Us];
- Sahih International
- And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كُنتَkunta | you were | كون |
| 3 | بِجَانِبِbijānibi | at (the) side | جنب |
| 4 | ٱلطُّورِl-ṭūri | (of) the Tur | طور |
| 5 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 6 | نَادَيْنَاnādaynā | We called | ندو |
| 7 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | But | — |
| 8 | رَّحْمَةًۭraḥmatan | (as) a mercy | رحم |
| 9 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 10 | رَّبِّكَrabbika | your Lord | ربب |
| 11 | لِتُنذِرَlitundhira | so that you warn | نذر |
| 12 | قَوْمًۭاqawman | a people | قوم |
| 13 | مَّآmā | not | — |
| 14 | أَتَىٰهُمatāhum | (had) come to them | أتي |
| 15 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 16 | نَّذِيرٍۢnadhīrin | warner | نذر |
| 17 | مِّنmin | before you | — |
| 18 | قَبْلِكَqablika | before you | قبل |
| 19 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they may | — |
| 20 | يَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūna | remember | ذكر |